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• &Quot;for Craft Recoils in the End": The Oppositional Stagecraft of Thomas Middleton 

  Glynn, F. Martin (1993)

  This study examines the wittily ironic "oppositional" stagecraft of Thomas Middleton in the following plays: The Changeling; A Chaste Maid in Cheapside; A Mad World, My Masters; Michaelmas Term; More Dissemblers ...

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• The Great Inspirers: A Mentoring Theory of Playwright Development 

  Hillenbrand, Mark Michael (1993)

  In this century it is common for a young playwright to seek guidance from a teacher (a developer) who can be instrumental during the formation of the writer's artistry. This pattern of development, that is the relationship ...

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• A Critical Examination of Readers Theatre 

  Guion, Keith Douglas (1990)

  The search for the origin of Readers Theatre usually leads to Charles Laughton, Paul Gregory and Don Juan in Hell. This production and other Laughton-Gregory collaborations clearly influenced the form Readers Theatre took ...

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• Two Plays by the Islamic Dramatist, Ali Ahmad Bakathir Translated Into English With Critical Commentary 

  Hamid, Mohamed AbuBakr (1988)

  Arab dramatists are still largely unknown, particularly in the U.S.A. This dissertation is a step partially to fill that gap through the translation and critical study of two plays by Ali Ahmad Bakathir (1908-1969), one ...

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• Two Plays by Tawfiq Al-Hakim in Translation, With a Critical Introduction (Arabic) 

  Abu-Swailem, Abder-Rahim Elayan Moh'd (1987)

  Tawfiq Al-Hakim is a major Arabic dramatist whose career extends over a span of sixty years. Although his plays have been translated and performed in many European countries, Al-Hakim has no recognition in the English ...

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